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Onomastics and disambiguational information about the words and place & human names that forms Wieg, Wiege-.

die Wiege (di vig) means cradle. Also Wieg is cradle in Dutch language.

According to Radix Index, there are surname variants: Wieg, Wiegand/Wiegandt/Wiegant, Wiegenfeld, Wieger, Wiegert, Wiegler, Wiegner ([1]).

1 Wiegand
2 Wiege
3 Wiegel
- 3.1 Wiegler
4 Wieger
- 4.1 Wiegers
5 Wiegert
6 Wiegner, Wigner
7 Wiegmann, Wigman
8 External links
9 See also

[edit] Wiegand

Wiegand is an old German surname. It originated from the Old High German verb wgan, meaning to fight. through the past participle form wgant, meaning the fighter. The word comes from wîg (battle/war). The name was in use by the Middle Ages, also as a first name.

Variations of the name:

Wîgand^****** (Anglo-Saxon, ahd., mhd., mnd.)
Weigand (early New High German)
Wiegand (Middle High German-New High German)
further: Weiand, Weyand, Weygand, Weigend, Wigand, Wiegandt.

People with the name Wiegand:

Britta Wiegand (* 1968), television personality
Charmion Von Wiegand (1896–1983), U.S. journalist and abstract artist
Clyde Wiegand (1915–1996), U.S. physicist
Ernest H. Wiegand
Frank Wiegand (* 1943), German swimmer
Graciela Wiegand (* 1960), agricultural scientist
Gunnar Wiegand (* 1957), EU diplomat
Hans-Gerd Wiegand television personality
John R. Wiegand, discoverer of the Wiegand effect and inventor of Wiegand wire
Kathrin Beatrix Wiegand (* 1951), wife of a Luitpold, Prince of Bavaria
Matthias Wiegand (* 1954), cyclist
Theodor Wiegand (1864–1936), German archaeologist
Patrick J. Wiegand
Wayne A. Wiegand
Willy Wiegand (1884–1961), publisher and Schriftentwerfer
Wolf Achim Wiegand (* 1954), German journalist, Kommunikationscoach and Medientrainer